Okay. LONNNG day yesterday, got home at midnight. No, wasn’t gonna post. Pretty good day today too, and it’s 11 pm, and I figured if I didn’t say SOMETHING, maybe some of you would start to worry! First of all, a BIG THANK YOU to Kari Lynn Dell who was my guest blogger Friday night. …
Guest Blog: Kari Lynn Dell
Hello all, this is Kari Lynn Dell, a long time blogger buddy of Carol’s and fellow rancher from Montana. A big thank you to her for turning her blog over to me for a day. To show my appreciation I’ll be giving away two ebook copies of my new novel The Long Ride Home. See…
National Poetry Month
Working at the library today, we started to set up for April, National Poetry Month. We’re not really big on poetry… I must confess… but the boss had a great idea. She has some old metal trays and I spent some quality time on Amazon buying magnetic poetry kits. Since I promoted it at the…
Nope
Went to a funeral and Worland for grocery shopping and a promotional dinner… so it’s late and I didn’t do anything too exciting and … IT’S LATE. So… Nope. Sorry. No story today!
Ten Things You Don’t Know About: Honey Bees
1. First of all, and this is the one I want you to know for sure… Although there are 4,000 (!) species of bees in North America, the honey bee is NOT native to North America. Some list the date of 1622 for honey bees’ first arrival in North America. They are an invasive, though…
Bee Food
With the warm weather, I’ve checked on my bees some more. Funny how I think it is HOT, and I drive to the Bee Barn and the thermometer inside says it’s only in the high 40˚’s. I think since it is inside and shaded, it takes a bit more to warm up. Since the bees…
Tagging
Wonderful weather has been the norm as of late… and it makes for a great calving season. Last night, Daniel calved out the last of our heifers. Today, in one bunch, 15 calves were born! This afternoon, I rode along with Vernon as he and Brandon tagged the calves born yesterday. Tagging… not with a…
Exciting Day
Wednesday I stayed home from work and watched Quinlan and Lorelei. About 11:30, I had put Lorelei down for a nap and was playing with Quinlan when I noticed the smell of smoke. Looking up, it was a *holy-cow-there’s-smoke* moment! I just happened to glance at the heating vent under my bar and there was…
Wordless Thursday – “Eden Country”
Oooops! Got my Thursday and Wednesday confused…
Still Cook
Sometimes having all these outbuildings is a blessing… and sometimes a curse. It means you have room to store STUFF, which means you have a tendency to store STUFF. Honestly, I’m not too ashamed (most of the time) to dig out some old toys for my grandkids instead of buying something new, because in all…
Mind Your Own Business
The other day, as the warm weather shrunk the snowbanks into the ground, I worked in my yard. If you recall, we had our cottonwoods trimmed last fall and under the snow is a carpet of sawdust and sticks. It’s going to take a few sore backs full to clean up this mess. As I…